Jury quickly convicts man in Marysville bank robbery

EVERETT — A Snohomish County jury on Thursday didn’t need much time to convict a man accused of holding up a Marysville bank in 2011.

Jurors deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding Stephen Haff guilty of first-degree robbery. Haff, 30, made an obscene hand gesture at the lead detective while the verdict was read.

Prosecutors alleged that Haff used a lengthy note to demand money from a teller at a US Bank inside a Marysville grocery store. Scientists at the state crime lab discovered a thumbprint on the back of the note. The print matched that of the defendant, court papers said.

Jurors also were told the one of Haff’s hairs was found in a baseball cap similar to the one worn by the robber.

The defense argued that someone else could have committed the robbery and then planted evidence to frame Haff.